Air Shows & Events

Cessna brought the new version of its Citation Sovereign business jet to NBAA in Orlando this week, with a Garmin G5000 avionics suite and new Pratt & Whitney PW306D engines. Like other newer Citation models, the New Sovereign will have winglets. The upgrades will boost the range by 150 nm, for a total range of […]

Beechcraft Corporation is hoping to build a new big turboprop single as it emerges from bankruptcy, abandons jet production and focuses on the turboprop and military side of its current operations, following the collapse of a takeover bid by China-owned Superior Air Parts. In a wide-ranging news conference at NBAA 2012 in Orlando on Monday, […]

As EAA AirVenture 2012 winds down, we make time for one last tour of the grounds – and take in the spectacular nighttime air show. This image gallery requires JavaScript. Exhaust ports on the P-51D Mustang Lady Alice. [ original size ] Melissa Pemberton taxis into ConocoPhillips Plaza prior to the afternoon air show. [ […]

Embraer launched a public relations assault at AirVenture Oshkosh to shore up its bid to supply the Air Force with light, fast and impressively destructive aircraft for its Light Air Support competition. Embraer and its U.S. partner Sierra Nevada Corp. had its top executives at a news conference earlier in the week to press its […]

Randall Fishman, who’s been bringing various electric aircraft to EAA AirVenture for the last five years or so, turned up this week with his latest creation, a one-seat, battery-powered motorglider ultralight. The aircraft flew for the first time just last week, Fishman told AVweb on Friday. “It took off in about 150 feet, and it […]

EAA launched its new Young Eagles program for adults, branded simply as Eagle Flights, this week at AirVenture, with a dual flight in a T-6 flown by EAA President Rod Hightower. The first flight went to Diane Thornton, an educator affiliated with the Boy Scouts’ Aviation Explorers program. “When I was growing up, my dad […]

We wrap up our visit to the Seaplane Base and return to the static displays and flightline today, just in time to catch the weekend crowds start to pour in. This image gallery requires JavaScript. Several Cessnas are moored in the Seaplane Base. At the Base’s peak capacity, there is room for 80 float planes. […]

The action out at the flightline has calmed down just enough for us to tear away from the main grounds and head out to EAA’s Seaplane Base for a few photos with floats. This image gallery requires JavaScript. Volunteers help the occupants of a Super Cub on floats onto the dock at the EAA Seaplane […]

Flight training syllabi for the Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Instrument Instructor Refresher, Crew Resource Management, and Part 135 Initial and Recurrent online training courses are the among new courses announced this week by King Schools. The company says its Part 135 training courses are crafted to fit smoothly into operators’ own pre-existing training packages. And […]